Mayday · SEASON 23

Mixed Signals (Independent Air Flight 1851)

Episode 2 · 2023-02-20

★ 8.0
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Episode overview

Independent Air Flight 1851 is en route from Italy to the Dominican Republic and is scheduled to refuel on a Portuguese island. For some reason, a Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain just minutes before the airport. The international team of investigators finds no mechanical faults at all and is confused about the cause of the accident. Then the CVR reveals a cluster of errors that sealed the fate of the 144 passengers.

42 minutes

Season 23 episodes

1. Deadly Exchange (Corporate Airlines Flight 5966)2023-02-13 2. Mixed Signals (Independent Air Flight 1851)2023-02-20 3. Pressure Point (Japan Airlines Flight 123)2023-02-06 4. Power Play (PNG Flight 1600)2023-02-27 5. Control Catastrophe (Air Astana Flight 1388)2023-03-06 6. Cockpit Catastrophe (Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633)2023-03-13 7. Dream Flight Disaster (Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 Crash)2023-03-20 8. Deadly Deception (Balkan Bulgarian Flight 013)2023-03-27 9. Delivery to Disaster (Atlas Air Flight 3591)2023-04-03 10. Mystery Over the Mediterranean (EgyptAir Flight 804)2023-04-10